Lithuania – Legislative election (1st round)

The first round of the election to the Seimas in Lithuania was held on 12 October. This was the party list round and elected 70 deputies. The remaining 71 deputies are elected in single-member constituencies this weekend.

Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, 19.72%, 18 seats
National Resurrection Party, 15.09%, 13 seats
Order and Justice, 12.68%, 11 seats
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, 11.72%, 10 seats
Coalition Labour Party + Youth, 8.99%, 8 seats
Liberals’ Movement of the Republic of Lithuania, 5.73%, 5 seats
Liberal and Centre Union, 5.34%, 5 seats
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania, 4.79%, 0 seats
Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union, 3.73%, 0 seats
New Union (Social Liberals), 3.64%, 0 seats
Fronto, 3.24%, 0 seats

No other party won more than 2% of the vote.

The vote is likely to result in a change of government after the second round of the election.

Electoral Geography has a nice map of the party support.

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